Holliston (TV series)

Holliston
Genre	Comedy Horror Romance
Created by	Adam Green
Starring	Adam Green Joe Lynch Laura Ortiz Corri English Dave Brockie Dee Snider
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	17
Production
Executive producer(s)	Adam Green Joe Lynch Cory Neal Andrew Mysko Peter Block
Producer(s)	Will Barratt Sarah Elbert Sean Becker
Location(s)	Holliston, Massachusetts, United States Hollywood, California, United States
Running time	30-40 minutes (Season 1) 23 minute (Season 2)
Production company(s)	ArieScope Pictures A Bigger Boat
Release
Original network	FEARnet (2012-2013) GeekNation (2016)
Original release	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) – present
External links
Website

Holliston is an American comedy/horror sitcom created by Adam Green, which debuted on April 3, 2012 on the FEARnet cable television network as their first ever original series.^[1] Aside from the FEARnet cable television network, the show is also offered to watch on outlets such as Hulu, iTunes, and FEARnet On-Demand.

Premise

Set in the small New England town of Holliston, Massachusetts, the series stars creator/writer/director/executive producer/showrunner Adam Green as "Adam" and executive producer Joe Lynch as "Joe", who are college grads that are chasing their dream to become horror filmmakers, whilst not quite making ends meet working at a local cable access station.^[2] The main ensemble is rounded out by Laura Ortiz (who plays "Laura", Joe's bubbly yet artistically morbid girlfriend) and Corri English (who plays "Corri", Adam's ex-girlfriend and childhood sweetheart that he is constantly trying to win back). The show regularly features Twisted Sister's Dee Snider as Adam and Joe's cross-dressing, glam rock loving boss "Lance Rockett" and Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie) of Gwar as "Oderus", Adam's imaginary alien friend who lives in his closet.

Cast and characters

• Adam Green as Adam
• Joe Lynch as Joe
• Laura Ortiz as Laura
• Corri English as Corri
• Dee Snider as Lance Rockett
• Dave Brockie as Oderus Urungus

Critical reception

Dread Central called the show "Laugh out loud funny!". Hitfix said that the show was "The strangest sitcom ever made... and it works. HOLLISTON doesn't look like anything else on TV and that is a very good thing indeed." The Austin Chronicle cited Holliston as "The show you hoped BIG BANG THEORY would be" while The Daily Trojan stated that "FEARnet's HOLLISTON is something truly unique; a show that, in many ways, follows in the footsteps of traditional sitcoms while still having an identity all its own." Holliston has been described as Friends for geeks, nerds, and horror/sci-fi/comedy fans; in their original announcement of the series, FEARnet likened the show to a mixture of Evil Dead II and Big Bang Theory.

Production

The series is produced by Green's own production company 'ArieScope Pictures', in association with 'A Bigger Boat'. In Season 2, Supervising Producer Sean Becker was promoted to serve as director on many of the episodes in an effort to make Green's duties on the series more manageable. Composer Bear McCreary, who also writes the music for TV shows like The Walking Dead and Battlestar Galactica, provides the original score for Holliston. Shot in a multicamera format, the show uses a laugh track though Green has expressed interest to shoot in front of a live audience.

On April 17, 2012, not long after the show's premiere, FEARnet announced that it had not only picked up Holliston for a second season scheduled for summer 2013, but also increased the episode order from 6 episodes to 10.^[3] In addition to the 10 episodes making up Season 2, a 1-Hour "Christmas Special" aired on December 18, 2012 serving as a bridge between Season's 1 and 2. Season 1 was released in the USA on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 9, 2012.

The show has had guest stars such as comedian Seth Green, Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Bailee Madison, director John Landis, Ray Wise, comedian Brian Posehn, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, James Gunn and Derek Mears.^[4]

The series began an extended hiatus at the end of 2013 as Adam Green and Joe Lynch went to work directing their next films (Digging Up The Marrow and Everly), Corri English gave birth to a baby boy, and the rest of the cast became busy with other film/TV projects and tours. Following the death of Dave Brockie and the closure of Fearnet, when and if the series would continue was unknown at the time.

July 20, 2015, Entertainment Weekly reported that, per announcement by Adam Green and Joe Lynch on their The Movie Crypt podcast, Holliston would return for a third season in 2016 on GeekNation.^[5]

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2012–2013)

References